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About The Ashburn advance. (Ashburn, Ga.) 18??-19?? | View Entire Issue (July 9, 1897)
THE ASHBURN ADVANCE Published every Friday. H. D. SMITH, - Editor 00L. B. B. WHITE DISCUSSES THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE GEORGIA BAH ASSOCIATION. 0 Editor Advance:—The Geor¬ gia Bur Association havo adopted certain resolutions, and havo ap- pointed a committee to present them to the next general assembly the resolutions as adopted are as follows; 1 That criminal pieadings should bo amendable. 2 That the state and the de¬ fendant in criminal oases should be put upon an equality in the challenges of jurors. S That prisoners who desire to make any statements on their own behalf shall do so under oath and subject, tocross examination, that in lieu of the right to make a statement, as is now practiced, the defendant shall have the right to he sworn as a witness in his own behalf. 4 That, the president shall ap¬ point a special committee of nine, of which Judge George llil- lyer, of Atlanta, shall be chair- man, to present the draft bills the resold- tions to tho next, general bly, and shall urge the adoption thereof. 5 That said committee be and is hereby requested to present to the next meeting of this associa¬ tion a report covering tho whole subject of needed reforms iu the criminal and ils administration, and shall cause to be printed and mailed to c. rb member of this association thirty days before the next meeting a copy of said re¬ port. I doubt the wisdom of the pas¬ sage of these resolut ions by the association and I apprehend that when the general assembly under¬ takes to consider tho advisability of adopting them they will read¬ ily discover their conflict, with that provision of the constitution of tho state which declares that the right, of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, ‘‘Modern thought earnest and free as it. is, is a foe to prejudice, it investi¬ gates all things—art, science, politics, law; ancient faiths, prec¬ edents—seeking to value each strike, of - ■*“ ,,r * lo down abuses, and remove obsta-1 clesto needed reforms.” Our penal laws as they now exist, are iu my bumble opinion sufficient if those charged with the enforce¬ ment, thereof, will but discharge their duty? the press through¬ out the state has discussed at length divers and sundry reme¬ dies for the prevention of lynch- ings, the legislature in 181*3, which was composed of many able men—passed a law, having for its object the prevention of mob violence, tho law is embod¬ ied in code 185*5 volume 111 sec¬ tion 856 it, reads: “\V lionover an y officer, charged with the duty of preserving the peace and oxo~ cutingthe lawful warrants of this state, has knowledge of any vio¬ lence attempted to be perpetrated upon any citizen of this state by mob violence and without due authority of law, it shall be bis duty to summons to bis assistance either in writing or verbally, when necessary, any of tho citi- ze ns of the neighborhood ( >r county, whose duty it shall bo to prevent such mob violence, if in their power to prevent it. jj shall be tlie duty of the sheriff or other officer charged with this duty, and of the posse summoned as aforesaid of iho suppressing a riot or preventing mob violence to arrest tbe persons engaged in tlic same and put them in common jail of tho county, or other of safety, to be dealt with as the law directs, and any person so engaged in nobbing or lynching any citizen of this state without .lue process of law shall be isbed by imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor longer than twenty years and should death result from such mob violence, thou tbe per¬ son causing said death shall bv* subject to indictment and trial for the offense of murder. Do lynchingsoccur because of a mis- cariage or delay of justice the criminal alone? No but causo of the failure to enforce the for.s»in..,e,from ISM t}83 Georgia J '* <*heve had 7o 1c- gal executions and 0(5 lynching* liow many fiersons wore tried since tlie passage of act of 185*8 (section 05(5 of code 1805) for it* violation—and how many, if any havo been convicted? I don’t know whether any member of the mob that went, into the courthouse at Columbus and took the out from the custody of the court mid hung him Ins ev.. I.eon pros- ecutcd or not, they did not hang him tie muse of any fear that speedy justice would not be done the negro, wus it be¬ cause they feared a miscarriage < f justice, being meted out to tie negro or because they had no, fear of the law lining enforced as to their acts? No doubt th/fo is a failure of just ice iu man/crimi nal cases and many, to/ in civil cases, the only remod that will serve to prevent d yia ys in dispo¬ sition of ci imiigd cases that, I can conceive of, is that suggested by Mr. Justice Brewer of the United States /prenie Court, in a recent address before tne American Bur Association, at Detroit, be urged as a remedy an extensive revis¬ ion of the entire judicial system, to the extent oven of taking away from all courts authority to dis¬ turb the verdict of a jury in crimi- | j nal unless the honesty of ; cases, the jury could be successfully irn- peached, or the character of the case changed by the discovery of new and important, facts. That j there is a growing demand for a reform in our civil proccedure, all of us are free to admit, it is a bard tiling for a commercial law- yer to explain to a non resident client, why it is, under the law governing our superior courts, a man who owes a debt (if a $1,000 or $1,500, and lias no defense to it is given six months or more in or¬ der to find out whether he owes the debt and to get ready behave a judgement, rendered against him, t his ana many other exam¬ ples might be mentioned as ( ] e . fects in our civil proceed ure. j trust that the legal machinery of our grand old state will continue its grinding, and wlien the ,r»l -Lull „n,l.r.»k. u . reform,,!..... llml it will it by ... tho oil of - i Imp- lft it,, as were, I'--................. -..... it, will continue to bo driven by the great piston rods of thought. In conclusion I am reminded of a homely proverb which contains a great, deal of that, common sense which is such an uncommon f/lftlHn f m.. Ill ••bite off .»« more than wo can chow” I would suggest, to those who would un- dertako to reform our laws civil or penal tne wisdom of aforesaid proverb. B. B. White. REGULAR TRILBIES. 0 Irwin county promises to cele¬ brate the coming fall with a re¬ moval campaign. If Fitzgerald will give us a pair of horses anu a Yankee girl, we will go over and take a hind.—(lake the girl's hand.)—Ashburn Advance. Come over, Bro. Advance, and take your pick. Nothing small about, us but our feet, and in this soil they keep forging ahead.— Fitzgerald Leader. No particular difference about the size of tho feet, so they are kept low. Hold them down till we can get there, and orange blos¬ soms will doubtless be needed. 1 don’t know what 1 would ‘1 without some friends and some enemies. For the contribi iton basket - Men who work I t hours of the 24 | must sleep 8. The time lias come when men jarenot equal in the sight of the , law. Dollars are equal. Ho is a mean man who tells all | of his neighbors "bat e\ii> »' > j *avs about them. Fault-finders should be remin¬ ded occasionally that people are | sometimes mistaken. Tbe Pavo Herald wants a Snn- day mail. Many of us want things ve d in t need, Advertising failures aie often followed bv business failures, says Pic.-s and Printer. That Gen, Evans crowd in A'- lanta tried to get Gen, Gordon out ' for the next governor. The usual luck befell them, The t’ordele Herald has ha l an- j other tit. And if shocked tbe lr- win County la'cal and the Worth 1 ...... No,.. t'ongratula’ions. boy*! Uft 7 y° u ,,evcr liave b °y 0 ty raise. Homo men’s memory get rusty ag hooii as they get in debt, No man was ever justly asham' «d of keeping the golden rule/ The State Board of Pharmacy is after t j, e adulterators pfmedicine a()( j (,| l0rflJ w i, 0 are oiling drugs w ,t|, 0 :it u license/Many a mer- clia|lt ln tfcis ate will lave to leavo of! soLHng poison medicine. ‘'McWidey's prosperity” was handed out to nine states Mon¬ day^ morning. The miners of 4fit many states, 250,000 in num¬ ber with a pay roll of nearly a quarter of a million dollars a day, walked out on a strike. Will they vote for McKinley again? J s p't >1. Simpler—the original Jot -bo of gallant fame, is at full- mast on h gli tide with the «iris He is giving ti:o boys wb > contcmpla? matrimony no end of trouble, He walks awa> with tin-grace of a ban tarn and c ><> ilu.* fniristat will, He pen bes on the topmost branch of social standing and refuses to be dis¬ turbed. The ladies know him—<>f course ih> y know him—we all bnow thoi*e love u . And tie b e. , know him -some of ill mi 1 .v - lie -\\ inis in (loop water while other- paddle around the (dro. Joe is it winner. Can iveg. i rid of him fot Suppose* v/c -end him off 1 ,, sc |,, 1( ,|. Would a tree scholnr-lup be any in lucernem! H he s ays here 'hogii Is wi I stay s'ug'e. Let dr buolic or- call a m vting and d> vi-c go.ne pllln. Now is iho t ine to subscribe. For ( all kiiid- of simkiag tobacco (0 Wwlkoi s.’ F r keg pickier, go to Walker’s, STOP, READ THIS!! Did you know that Tuesday of ea ch weok was bargain day at, '" 0 ^liable firm of Jeffrey & Roo- bin’s? They have the best and most, complete stock of Dry Goods Notions, Etc , in the city, and are offering greatly reduced pri- ‘ es 0,1 ^ uosday of each week. Head some of their offers for bar- gain day below: Y™ «a" «ct Id yard, , of rat I. ct “ c '" « of 5 ct litflit A calico for 20 cts, ’ 10 , .. ... yards of 5 ct Kimllie for 32 cts. REMEMBER Tuesdays only. I’onty of lemons to squeeze walker's i • .* ■vi r i NOTICE. From and after this date tbe rates will bo charged for the tiso of this “phone. » v To all homo stations, 5 cts J. S. Sliingler, (3 “phones”) 10 Worth, Ga., 15 ” Sy co more, Ga., 15 ” W. A. Shingler’s, 25 ” T. J. Shingler’s, 25 ” Customers may use any “poline the system. By order of the board of di- rectors. Approved. S. B. Hudson. G. M. July, 8th 1897. OFFICIAL ADVERTISING, ■0 Aotico to Debtors and Creditors. All persons having Howard, demands agntnst the or- tate nf Nelsn T Into of worth ‘our.TA , deceased. their drmauds niv hereby tho untlorsignctl notilUnl t«* r o U r ;r; to .... H voram* “m«Ko incut <i w, HOwaKD 81 » Ailin'r Nelson T Ho wart., tltvoasiM, L’KCKIVOH’S S \LK. i tide! on order from non, IV. N; Speniv, Judge of tho superior court of the xlbany, oirouit, a in n tod June S4th 18SI7: : will soil for Uriah, ill duly imblle 20 ourory. th. lssU; In worth, worlh County (la;, on oomuteiielng at II o'uiouk hi m; one Louomotlvo Ki gtnei no; 88 ns tho property of the hue firm of Cowan csry a Co; No .ltd good until oonttrinodhy said judge whluhtt l 1 tie heard on the 22nd of July, lain, at camtlliH. tin; Receiver, <1 S; NELSON; Cowan, I'sry A Co: 1QCTS t. n works an l then stopped. The old rolluWo Vnnkoo Make, lt» pawvs weekly, filled with stories of fun, lovo and thrilling talcs v’t udvontutv, Nend 10 el*.In stamps for wwksulc trial to Yankee llla lo, Brooks, My ii iV t ^ i'-S-;-; j£ e ,',v % I ^ I g * IK ,*r WK BUY OUR JEWELRY It. A. WIIIURY. HE HAS A LOT I'LtK'KS AND M A\1U.>I.I\S iHK ROAD SECOND ANNUAL, 1WM IIELI) AT VALDOSTA, JULY, 13, 14 15 aba 10' TO BE led- Gordon will be there and will deliver liis famous Gen. John B. ure THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY. ems/i wmm $1050 prizes for horse races. $400 prizes for Bicycle races. $.300 prizes for Baseball—Low rates on all railroads. tfssiai $&&&&&& of the week will he bycicle races, horse races, base ball between the leading clubs of Georgia and Florida, and a re-union of the Confed¬ erate Veterans. For the horse races, entries have come from At¬ lanta, Charleston, H. C. Savannah, Macon and other places, and it assured that some of the best racing ever seen in this section wil occur on Valdosta’s new race track, just completed at a cost of $5000 In addition to the above, there will be any number of air open attractions among them tbe bycicle parades, Carnival parade &c. The citizens of Valdosta will turn over the keys of the city to the visitors, and they may be assured of a hearty welcome. © 1 ©C ©if Sffi Ss i s. m 4 co DEALERS II YELLOW PINE LUM8E ASHBURN, GA. All orders for Laths .Shingles, Staves Car Sills, liridge Stuff Flooring, Moulding, Brackets Ceiling, Etc., will receive prompt 0AN DRESS ANYTHING TO 18X30. Wre cary a well selected and assorted stock of D.*y Goods, ^Hardware Groceries, Etc. 11 in need of anything in Clothing, SUCH AS MEN’S AND BOYS’ SBITS, We can fit, you We Have a Nice Stock of LAD IES’ DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS. we would be pleased to sho >. the ladies of Ashburn and snr rounding country. Tunks, Valises, amt ’Satchel Our * CANDIES are FRESH AND FINE CS" FLOUR, MEAT, er grits, •r rice, «r SUGAR, &r COFFEE, §& MEAL, And in fact any and everything tnat is kept in a first-class grocery house can be had at our Large, Brick 8tore as cheap as the cheap- est. We carry a f u l] l ine of Furniture. UP STAIRS Oor stock of Shoes is Complete with a specialty of Ladies’ and Children’s Fine Sunday Wear. We also handle the best brands oi’ Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Etc. Full line of the best makes QJ STOVES NOW ON HAND. All kinds of Stock Food at Reasonable Prices. The citizens of Ashburn surrounding and invited country are cordially to call and inspect our stock. We have a Wagon Yard and Stalls, Feed Troughs, Etc., for the convenience of our customers pecially. es *®spectfntt a ' J fi BETTS 8c C Q | Dr. J. P. GARlWER. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Calls answered promptly day and night. Special attention given to dis eases of women and children. Residerce at the Hicks place. Ashburn, - - Georgia. Dr. J. F. GREGORY, &CO., —(SPECIA LISTS.)— Rupture. Catarrh, Rectal Disuses Hemorrhoids, (Piles) Fistulas Cured NO KNIFE, NO PAIN. Room No 1. Heard Building COKDELE, Ga , 107, Cotton Avr., Macon, Ga. WARREN L. STORY, Physician and Surgeon, Sycamore, Ga. Diseases of Nose and Throat. DR. W. J. TURNER, Physician and Surgeon, Ashburn, Georgia. Special Attention Given to Dis eases of Women and Children. Office in Room No. 2, Betts Building, Residence; W, A, Shingler’s. Calls Answered Day orj Night. Telephone No, 18. DR. T. H. THRASHER, Physician and Surgeon, Ashburn, Georgia. General Practice Solio tod. Office ln the Christian Building, C. E. WALKER, Physician and Surgeon, Sycamore, Georgia. GEO. W. COOPER, DENTIST, Ashburn, Georgia, Office, Room No, 4, Betts Building. W. B. CONE, D. D. S. I Make a Specialty of Crowns Bridges and Replantations. Teeth Extracted Without Pain, Ashburn, . • . Georgia. W. T. WILLIAMS, Attorney at Law. Land and Collections Sycamore Georgia Z. Bass, A, J- Davis BASS & DAVIS. Attorneys at Law Ashburn, Georgia R'-al Eslalo and Collections. Prompt attention l all business placed in our hand;*. B. B. WHITE, Attoruey and Ceuncellor at Law. Ashburn, Georgia. Will practice in all the Courts, State and Federal. J. G POLHILL, Attorney at Law. Sylvester, - Georgia. Practice in all the courts. Patronage Solicited. HAWKINS & McKENZIE Attorneys at Law e Building, Rooms 4 and 5. Cordelb, - Georgia* Prompt attention given to all tiusi QCSS intrusted to ray care. JNO. F. POWELL, J. W. POWELL. Vienna, Ga, Ashb rn. Ga JNO. F. POWELL & SON Attorneys-at-Law. We practice in all the courts, and careful attention to business placed in our Employing one secures of both, Business solic- and inquirie s promptly ans- THE CITY BARBER SHOP. HAIU-DRES&ING—a specialty. SHAVING—quick and oasy. RAZORS—put in good fix on sh‘>r notice. Y'ou will always receive a cordial welcome. R. D. LAW, Proprietor. AsiinuttN - Georgia. Loup Cotton Gin. Patent adpied for. Bo- tury stripper, no zipzap, runs smooth, pins foul hales a day without injuring the staple. P» *' ner wanted with r money to manufacture. H. D. Smitb. Ashhum. Ca. I
